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Elements of morphology: General terms for congenital anomalies
Author(s) -
Hennekam Raoul C.,
Biesecker Leslie G.,
Allanson Judith E.,
Hall Judith G.,
Opitz John M.,
Temple I Karen,
Carey John C.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
american journal of medical genetics part a
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.064
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1552-4833
pISSN - 1552-4825
DOI - 10.1002/ajmg.a.36249
Subject(s) - standardization , morphology (biology) , process (computing) , phenotype , field (mathematics) , human genetics , biology , evolutionary biology , genetics , computer science , gene , mathematics , pure mathematics , operating system
An international group of clinicians working in the field of dysmorphology has established a process for the standardization of terms used to describe human morphology. The goals are to standardize these terms and develop consensus regarding their definitions. This project will increase the usefulness and precision of descriptions of the human phenotype and facilitate reliable comparisons of phenotypic findings among clinicians and researchers in medicine, developmental biology, and genetics. Here we define and illustrate the general terms that describe congenital anomalies as related to human conditions. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.